“Is that your sworn testimony under oath, Mr.

Carter?” Judge Simmons asked, looking over the top of his reading glasses.

“It is,” my father said, leaning toward the microphone.

“I gave my late father cash reimbursements while he was alive, and I paid the city clerk thirty dollars just last month for a duplicate title certificate to make sure our family records were complete.”

Daniel stood up at the defense table and pushed back his chair.

“Your Honor, we cross-examine with Defense Exhibit A,” Daniel said, in a quick, practical legal summary.